Russian Defense Minister Gen. Sergei Shoigu instructed to modernize the cosmodrome "Plesetsk" during his trip, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

"At the launch site (" Plesetsk ") Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a meeting, where he heard reports on various aspects of the further development of infrastructure, and identified the main challenges for the modernization and technical complex cosmodrome" - said in a statement.

Defense Minister paid a working visit to the cosmodrome "Plesetsk" to get acquainted with the state of universal cosmodrome launch site, as well as progress of work on the creation of a unified launch complex "Angara", explained in the military, according to RIA Novosti.